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(The Center Square) - An Illinois Republican lawmaker says a judge's ruling this week did not end the case against Texas House Democrats who fled to Illinois. Illinois state Sen. Jil Tracy, R-Quincy, ...

(The Center Square) Republicans took their turn at the Illinois State Fair to call out Illinois Democrats for what the GOP says is making Illinois a challenging place to raise a family and do business...

(The Center Square) Gov. J.B. Pritzker has signed legislation that he says will protect workers, but a small business advocate says small towns and Main Streets will suffer. The governor signed two bi...

(The Center Square) - In today's edition of Illinois in Focus Daily, The Center Square Editor Greg Bishop shares highlights from Governor's Day at the Illinois State Fair where Democrats rallied the p...

(The Center Square) - Chicago business owners are now being forced to pay some of the highest commercial property taxes in the country at more than 4% of their properties value, or more than double th...

Court rejects lawsuit against Texas Democrats An Adams County judge has rejected a lawsuit against 33 Texas House Democrats who absconded from the state to stop legislative proceedings. The suit filed...

(The Center Square) - An Illinois judge has rejected a lawsuit filed by the state of Texas against 33 House Democrats who absconded from the state to stop legislative proceedings. The lawsuit was file...

The Illinois State Police (ISP), in collaboration with the McLean County Sheriff's Office, the Decatur Police Department, and the Howard G. Buffett Foundation, has launched the Illinois Trafficking En...

Human trafficking law signed Gov. J.B. Pritzker has signed legislation requiring state agencies to develop a strategic unified plan to build a network of services for survivors of human trafficking su...

(The Center Square) - Nearly 400 people from more than 70 different countries became naturalized U.S. citizens Wednesday at the Illinois State Fair in Springfield. The ceremony was the second of its k...